Word: shell
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...fact is that this year the crew is in need of an unusually large amount of money. A new launch is an absolute necessity, for without it the crew can receive no proper coaching; the tank, although built with the utmost economy, cost several hundred dollars; and a new shell must be bought. Thanks to last year's management, the crew is out of debt, but the expenses this year will be more than double those of last year. In view of the urgent needs of the crew we ask every man to give as much as he possibly...
...racing shells have been ordered by the navy of E. Waters and Son, the well-known builders of Troy, N. Y. Contrary to the usual custom, the model for the shell to be used by the university crew and that for the freshman crew are exactly similar. The freshman shell is to be ready March 1, while the university shell will not be finished until a month after that time. Each boat is to be furnished with the most improved appliances, and when finished will cost about $400. It is a noticeable fact in the history of Yale-Harvard races...
...slumping" at the finish and falling forward at the full reach. The crew shoot out their hands at the finish with such a jerk that the oars do not come out of the water cleanly, and the boat receives a series of jars which would be fatal to a shell. The following are the men who are trying for the crew, with the individual faults...
...recently been made in the rowing tank at Yale. The old barge, which has been used in the tank for the last two years, became unfit for service, and, as a substitute, a long box, properly weighted with lead, has been constructed, containing the slides and appurtenances of a shell. All the corners in the tank have been rounded so that the water is now forced to move as in the Harvard tank-in two currents, one on each side of the shell...
...rumor that a new shell has been ordered from Ruddock is without foundation. Ruddock has written that he will not be able to build an eightoared shell this year...